Evan Bass and Carly Waddell.Photo: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images
It’s a sad day forBachelorNation.
Carly WaddellandEvan Bass, who met onBachelor in Paradisein 2016, announced Wednesday that they are separating after three years of marriage and two kids together.
“We have made the difficult decision to separate,” the former couple said in a joint statement. “We will always cherish our time together and continue to have the utmost respect for one another as we focus on what’s best for the future of our family. We greatly appreciate everyone’s love and support and kindly ask that you please respect our family’s privacy as we navigate through this.”
Waddell, 35, and Bass, 38,welcomed their son Charles “Charlie” Wolflast November and are also parents todaughter Isabella “Bella” Evelyn, 2. (Bass is also dad to three older sons from his previous marriage.)
Evan Bass and Carly Waddell with their kids.Carly Waddell/Instagram
The split will no doubt come as a shock to fans of the longtime couple, who seemed to defy the odds of traditionalBachelorromances, though they had been largely absent from each other’s social media accounts in recent weeks.
When they first met on the beach while filmingParadise, alums Bass (who competed forJoJo Fletcher’s heart onThe Bachelorette) and Waddell (fromChris Soules' season ofThe Bachelor) appeared to be an unlikely duo.
“It was just this thing that was a roller coaster,” Waddell toldGlamourin 2016. “I broke up with him like five times!”
Eventually, the couple fell hard and Bassproposed on the season 3 finaleof the show.
Continued Waddell: “It’s been a long journey for me inBachelorNation, but I would do it a thousand times again. Because the next part is going to be bliss.”
source: people.com
